I am a complete beginner and still in the "research" stage of my possible new hobby. The S30 seems to be absolutely made for people such as me. When I started to look into astrophotography I was trying to imagine what I would need, what kind of camera, what kind of telescope, how to connect the two, how to find what I wanted to photograph etc etc. But with these amazingly compact and smart telescopes I get all-in-one package for the measly price of $350, which is amazing to me. I can see it´s not for everyone, many people like to get into the more technical side of things, to figure things out more, to mix and match perhaps and so on, but not me. Being able to spend an hour or two getting things set up to capture a decent enough picture, getting a foot in the door so to speak. If I wouldn´t get any further in the hobby that´s fine, at least I wouldn´t have spent thousands of dollars and then found out it´s not for me. Don´t really have any questions except for one which I ´m pretty sure is quite dumb :) What do you mean when the moon is out/not out? Because I´m sure the moon is always out if you can see the sky.? Or are you talking about it being full/waning etc? Thanks for the video, very interesting to see the process you´re going through as you go, some things working and other not as well. A really good intro into the S30.
Sigurd, thanks for your in-depth comment. You are right, the S30 is the perfect telescope for people like you who want to do astrophotography but not get into the nitty gritty technical stuff (or inflated budgets) of large telescopes. The wide field view is also nice for a lot of beginner astrophotography targets such as nebulas and large galaxies which gives it an edge over its larger S50 brother which is designed more for smaller galaxies targets. As for the moon, it slowly orbits the earth every 28 days (while the planet rotates every 24 hours) so it actually moves through the sky easterly a little bit every day as well as the phase change. This results in some nights around “new moon” where it’s not in the night sky (or very dark) which we can image without its reflected light. Currently the best time for Astronomy without the moon in the sky is around the end of each month in 2025 (around the 29th of the month in January slowly moving to the 19th day in December as the year progresses).
@@EmberSkyMedia thank you so much for a very detailed answer :) learned something new! And something I´m going to keep an eye out for now, I had no idea. Very much appreciated.
I ordered mine and I look forward to receive it. Do you think that in the future ZWO will make an option for equatorial mount and give us more time exposure ( 1-2mins)?
Apparently it’s in the works, I haven’t seen the beta-app yet though. I know with the S50 I was able to angle it towards the North Pole and it worked in a “semi” Equitorial mode but there are limits to how it operated. I haven’t tested the S30 yet but it’s on my list.
If you have any questions let me know here in the comments and I'll be sure to answer them in my follow-up review video!
I am a complete beginner and still in the "research" stage of my possible new hobby. The S30 seems to be absolutely made for people such as me.
When I started to look into astrophotography I was trying to imagine what I would need, what kind of camera, what kind of telescope, how to connect the two, how to find what I wanted to photograph etc etc. But with these amazingly compact and smart telescopes I get all-in-one package for the measly price of $350, which is amazing to me.
I can see it´s not for everyone, many people like to get into the more technical side of things, to figure things out more, to mix and match perhaps and so on, but not me. Being able to spend an hour or two getting things set up to capture a decent enough picture, getting a foot in the door so to speak. If I wouldn´t get any further in the hobby that´s fine, at least I wouldn´t have spent thousands of dollars and then found out it´s not for me.
Don´t really have any questions except for one which I ´m pretty sure is quite dumb :) What do you mean when the moon is out/not out? Because I´m sure the moon is always out if you can see the sky.? Or are you talking about it being full/waning etc?
Thanks for the video, very interesting to see the process you´re going through as you go, some things working and other not as well. A really good intro into the S30.
Sigurd, thanks for your in-depth comment. You are right, the S30 is the perfect telescope for people like you who want to do astrophotography but not get into the nitty gritty technical stuff (or inflated budgets) of large telescopes. The wide field view is also nice for a lot of beginner astrophotography targets such as nebulas and large galaxies which gives it an edge over its larger S50 brother which is designed more for smaller galaxies targets.
As for the moon, it slowly orbits the earth every 28 days (while the planet rotates every 24 hours) so it actually moves through the sky easterly a little bit every day as well as the phase change. This results in some nights around “new moon” where it’s not in the night sky (or very dark) which we can image without its reflected light.
Currently the best time for Astronomy without the moon in the sky is around the end of each month in 2025 (around the 29th of the month in January slowly moving to the 19th day in December as the year progresses).
@@EmberSkyMedia thank you so much for a very detailed answer :) learned something new!
And something I´m going to keep an eye out for now, I had no idea.
Very much appreciated.
Happy to teach something new! Clear Skies! 🌌
I ordered mine and I look forward to receive it. Do you think that in the future ZWO will make an option for equatorial mount and give us more time exposure ( 1-2mins)?
Apparently it’s in the works, I haven’t seen the beta-app yet though. I know with the S50 I was able to angle it towards the North Pole and it worked in a “semi” Equitorial mode but there are limits to how it operated. I haven’t tested the S30 yet but it’s on my list.
Thank you! Nice videoreview and tutorial:) great job!
@@GabsGabs-xu2vv thank you and wishing you clear skies when you get you S30!
Did you use OBS to broadcast?
I did!